West Green Community Cinema is run not-for-profit by a small team of volunteers. The running of the cinema, the programme of events and maintenance of equipment is all funded entirely by ticket sales.
All screenings take place at St Peter's West Green. Film suggestions are always welcome!
Tickets for any film in this season can be purchased in person on Saturday mornings between 10am and 12 noon at St Peter's, and on the door from 6pm on film nights. All tickets are £5.
THE CINEMA CAFE
Meet up with friends and other film enthusiasts at our Cinema Cafe, open from 6pm on film nights for coffee, tea and delicious homemade cakes.
We are a member of Cinema For All, the British Federation of Film Societies with film licences obtained from Filmbank Media and the BFI.
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Vertigo
21st October at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Alfred HitchcockGenre: Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 2 hours 8 mins
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Certificate: 12ASynopsis: Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest achievement. A retired detective with a fear of heights is hired to shadow a friend’s suicidal wife. After he saves her from drowning in San Francisco Bay, his interest shifts from business to fascination with the wife. When tragedy strikes and the wife dies, the detective is devastated. But when he finds another woman remarkably like his lost love, the now obsessed detective must unravel the secrets of the past to find the key to his future.
Vertigo
21st October at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Alfred HitchcockGenre: Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 2 hours 8 mins
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Certificate: 12ASynopsis: Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest achievement. A retired detective with a fear of heights is hired to shadow a friend’s suicidal wife. After he saves her from drowning in San Francisco Bay, his interest shifts from business to fascination with the wife. When tragedy strikes and the wife dies, the detective is devastated. But when he finds another woman remarkably like his lost love, the now obsessed detective must unravel the secrets of the past to find the key to his future.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
4th November at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Richard AttenboroughGenre: World War 1 musical drama
Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes
Starring: John Mills, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Corin Redgrave, Juliet MillsCertificate: PG
Synopsis: Adapted from Joan Littlewood’s 1963 stage musical of the same name (itself a reworking of Charles Chilton’s 1961 radio play ‘The Long, Long Trail’) ‘Oh! What A Lovely War’ restages the events of the Great War. As the film traces the progression of the conflict from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 to the Armistice of November 1918, it intertwines the fortunes of the everyman Smith family with the performances of popular wartime music.
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
4th November at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Richard AttenboroughGenre: World War 1 musical drama
Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes
Starring: John Mills, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Corin Redgrave, Juliet MillsCertificate: PG
Synopsis: Adapted from Joan Littlewood’s 1963 stage musical of the same name (itself a reworking of Charles Chilton’s 1961 radio play ‘The Long, Long Trail’) ‘Oh! What A Lovely War’ restages the events of the Great War. As the film traces the progression of the conflict from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 to the Armistice of November 1918, it intertwines the fortunes of the everyman Smith family with the performances of popular wartime music.
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Sentimental Value (2025)
18th November at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Joachim Trier
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 2 hours 15 mins
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Certificate: 15Synopsis: Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he’s given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics. With subtitles.
Sentimental Value (2025)
18th November at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Joachim Trier
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 2 hours 15 mins
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Certificate: 15Synopsis: Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he’s given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics. With subtitles.
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The Shepherd and The Bear [2025]
2nd December at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Max KeeganGenre: Documentary Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutesCertificate: 15
Synopsis: Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ explores a conflict provoked by the re-introduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. Subtitled.
The Shepherd and The Bear [2025]
2nd December at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Max KeeganGenre: Documentary Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutesCertificate: 15
Synopsis: Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ explores a conflict provoked by the re-introduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. Subtitled.